Heel



' 4- if 6 i4 Nov. 6, 1934. A. P. J. WATKIN ET AL 8 HEEL Original Filed De c 29, 1930 1 H "-5 I a gif U I 6 1 fi f K f w% Patented Nov. 6, 1934 UNITED STATES HEEL Albert P. J. Watkin and George J. Winter, Buffalo,

N. Y.; said Winter assignor to Edward C.

Randall, Buffalo, N. Y.

Application December 29, 1930, Serial No. 505,360 Renewed May 5, 1934 1 Claim.

Our present invention pertains to resilient heels and it contemplates the provision of a simple and inexpensive heel that is so constructed and arranged that it may readily and easily be positioned on a shoe and if the bottom portion of the heel becomes worn it may be removed and transferred tothe heel of the opposite shoe or said bottom portion may be replaced with a new one.

The invention further contemplates the provision of resilient members that prevent shifting of the elements of the heel with respect to each other and at the same time materially increase such resiliency.

Other objects of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connection with the drawing accompanying and forming part of this specification, in which Figure l is a side elevation showing a portion of a shoe equipped with our novel heel.

Figure 2 is an inverted plan View taken in the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 taken in the plane indicated by the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken in the plane indicated by the line 4-4 in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view taken in the plane indicated by the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 is a transverse central sectional view taken in the plane indicated by the line 66 of Figure 2.

Figure 'l is an inverted View of the lower portion or' lift of our novel heel.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the views of the drawing.

Our novel heel is formed of rubber or other resilient material and may be secured directly on the heel bed of a shoe as illustrated in Figure 1 or may be attached to a leather or other composition lift as is frequently the practice and said resilient heel comprises the lift 1 and lift 6, the former of which will be referred to as the base or upper lift and the latter of which will be referred to as the tread or lower lift.

The base lift 1 is of the usual configuration and and at 3 the said lift is formed concave for the purpose of increasing resiliency when weight is placed thereon by the wearer of shoes equipped with our novel heel. The said lift 1 is provided in its approximate center with a well or aperture 4 and at its forward portion the lift is preferably provided with two elongated slots 5 as well as a similar slot 5 in its rear portion.

The tread or lower lift 6 is provided with a raised integral member 7 that corresponds to the well 4 of the lift 1 and the said raised member '7 is constructed so that it does not entirely fill the well 4. In other words the raised member '7 is not as thick as the well. This is also true of the elongated members 8 that are adapted to rest in the slots 5. These elongated members 8 are formed integral on the lift 6 after the manner of the member '7 and the purpose of making these members '7 and 8 slightly thinner than the thickness of the walls surrounding the slots and well is to provide resiliency when pressure is applied to the heel.

The lift 1 is tacked or otherwise secured to the heel base of the shoe by the fastening elements 2 and the lift 6 is secured to lift 1 in the usual cementing manner, and the said lift 6 is preferably provided with the rosettes 9 as is customary or may be provided with any type of ground gripping face that will assist in preventing slipping of the wearer of the shoe.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that our novel device comprises in reality but two elements and that the production of a heel after the manner illustrated will not rob it of its resiliency but on the other hand materially increases same over the usual one piece heel and in addition not-. withstanding this advantage removal and replacing of the lower lift may be accomplished with but slight amount of effort and practically at no expense. In addition the lower lift of one shoe may be removed and secured in lieu of the lower lift of the other shoe and vice versa.

What we claim is:

A cushion heel comprising a rubber upper lift having an upper concaved surface adapted to snugly receive the rear portion of the upper of a shoe, said upper lift being provided with spaced tenon slots one of which is located at the rear portion of said lift and disposed transversely across the median longitudinal dimension of said lift and the other slots being located at the forward portion ofsaid lift one at each side of the median longitudinal dimension of the lift and disposed parallel thereto, said upper lift being provided at its center with an aperture passing completely therethrough and the edges of the aperture lying substantially parallel with the edges of said lift, a lower rubber lift having upon its upper surface up-standing tenons fitting snugly within the tenon slots of the first mentioned lift, said lower lift having at its upper side and at its center an integral raised portion which fits snugly in the central aperture of the upper lift and which is less in vertical height than the vertical depth of the aperture whereby a plenum of air is confined between the central portion of the lower lift and the under surface of the upper of the shoe when the heel is applied, and securing devices penetrating the upper lift and the upper of the shoe and having lower ends pillowed upon the lower lift.

ALBERT P. J. WATKIN. GEORGE J. WINTER. 

